Gulu Gulu—

The amber blood pool, like a boiling thick soup, surged with a large number of bubbles.

The scorching energy contained in the blood pool blurred the air,

The amber liquid corroded the Zerg Tyrant's armor, making sizzling sounds.

The plant vines extending from within Li Ang slowly released swamp divine power.

The amber liquid seemed to sense the intrusion of foreign objects, and the aberrant starfish divinity contained within gradually materialized, transforming into slender threads like silk.

Puff puff puff—

The "growth assimilation" divinity of the aberrant starfish caused a strong mutation in the Zerg Tyrant's armor.

The solid chitinous armor, integrated with the safety guard material, melted and fell like candle wax.

From the jet holes on the back of the Tyrant's armor, grotesque living organs in the shape of tentacle ampullae sprouted.

'Benevolent Father... Creator...'

The hundreds of brain worms surrounding the spherical Zerg nest bowed and kowtowed in their respective hive compartments, chanting scriptures from the *Holy Chai Revelation*, providing faith to anchor Li Ang's will.

The plant vines stabilized, greedily absorbing the amber blood, extracting the thread-like aberrant starfish divinity.

The half-melted Zerg Tyrant opened its eight narrow, scarlet eyes.

Li Ang sensed the vague emotions within the divinity.

Betrayal, imprisonment, the silent black solitude and despair, a loathing for the world and oneself, the urge to destroy everything and erase everything, and a deep-seated melancholy beneath all emotions.

Sadness? Or perhaps relief?

Li Ang was not clear about the truth behind *When the Stars Align*, nor was he sure if the priest became an aberrant starfish willingly.

However, this did not affect his massive absorption of divinity.

Go, eliminate the hidden dangers.

While sensing the massive influx of divinity, Li Ang issued instructions to countless insect soldiers.

Zerg nest units scattered everywhere stopped collecting amber liquid and began cutting wrist muscle, eliminating the possibility of aberrant starfish activity.

Judging from Huang Shi’s performance, he was ready to withdraw from the competition.

Since the two sides had already formed a feud, from the perspective of the extraordinary from the Demon Sunflower World, it was natural to weaken the strength of Earth players as much as possible.

To pave the way for a possible war between the two sides after the gate is opened.

Millions of Zerg nest units, using a variety of weapons, supplemented with anesthetics and muscle relaxants with the same formula as the abandoned pipes in the Lost World, cut the wrist muscles of the aberrant starfish.

At the same time, the Zerg nest units also broke through gaps in each floor, leading some of the mecha beasts and security guards who were at a loss in the collapsing floors toward the wrist muscles.

The amber blood pool in front of him was only a small part of the divinity in the aberrant starfish's body, and it was enough to melt the Zerg Tyrant's armor and cause Li Ang's sanity and divine power to drop rapidly.

It was hard to imagine how terrifying the power of the aberrant starfish would be at its peak.

You must know that the Lost World, with its technological level surpassing the present world, also disappeared inexplicably, leaving only ruins and civilization remnants such as security guards.

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The Zerg Tyrant, just disappeared like that?

Tai Hao glanced at the battlefield. After the Zerg Tyrant disappeared, the burrowing sandworm, the Zerg nest troops in the rear, and Ju Tianfu standing on the back of the sandworm did not disappear.

What is going on?

Tai Hao wanted to ask Ju Tianfu about it. After all, after losing Huang Shi, a common enemy, the Zerg nest's friend or foe status was unclear, and he had to guard against a backstab from the Zerg nest.

However, the situation on the scene did not seem to allow him to do so...

"Puff—"

Huang Shi opened his lion's mouth and spewed out a massive amount of blood and amber liquid at the wide-open security door.

The ritual that had been stagnant for a long time started running again, or rather, running in reverse.

The divinity gathered in Huang Shi's body flowed back into the aberrant starfish's body.

It was also mixed with Huang Shi's own will.

Wake up.

Wake up.

Wake up.

Su Ni Sheng slammed a punch, blasting Huang Shi, who had shrunk to the size of a ten-story building, hundreds of meters away.

Huang Shi's lion's head caved in, but a hideous smile appeared on his tentacle-covered face.

Goodbye.

Huang Shi's figure disappeared, and the ground beneath everyone's feet trembled violently.

Pa pa pa—

The Zerg nest units originally buried inside the two wrist muscles felt that the wrist muscles, which had been stripped of their nerve center circuits, contracted and tightened inexplicably.

A huge force came from inside the muscles, squeezing the massive number of insect soldiers inside the wrist muscles to death.

The Zerg nest instantly lost control of all the wrist muscles.

"Woo—"

A sharp and long roar sounded from the dark space below the security door.

Several huge wrist muscles broke through the surface, covering the sky and the sun.

Unlike those blue-black tentacles that had been weakened by long-term exploitation, these wrist muscles buried below were larger and presented a strange and enchanting pink color.

The main body of the aberrant starfish has awakened.

The players present looked up, their mouths open and unable to close for a long time because of shock.

Rumble rumble—

The ground at the location of the security door completely exploded.

The starfish disc back, like a giant pyramid, slowly rose from the ground.

The sharp and towering thorns on its back easily tore through the thick rock layer and the security door made of high-strength alloy.

All the players' eyes widened instantly. They saw the corner of the starfish disc's mouth, which was slowly moving backward in slow motion.

Several ambulacral grooves (the grooves in the middle of each starfish's arm), like abyssal ravines, have long, light pink thorns with interlocking canine teeth on both sides.

These ambulacral grooves converge in the middle like rays, forming a depression.

Around the depression, there are wildly dancing tube feet and tentacles.

The center of the depression is not the abyss giant mouth with jagged teeth that players imagined, but a ball of light.

That ball of light is warm and peaceful.

Pink, blue, purple, and cyan soft light blend harmoniously together, dotted with star-like light spots and large areas of darkness scattered around, perhaps symbolizing the vacuum of the sea of stars.

The color of the starry sky.

Yi Wang stared blankly at the ball of light, the pupils reflecting the color of the stars, and his mind gradually emptied.

What blood feuds, what family revival, what suspicion of the Zerg nest traitor, all lost their meaning at this moment.

Everything in the world is not worth mentioning in front of that starlight.

In his ears, he seemed to hear gentle and soft murmurs.

Don't resist, integrate, merge with "Him", and together become a part of a more beautiful and great existence, and together witness the vastness of the infinite sea of stars.

Step.

Yi Wang opened his mouth and took half a step blankly.

Bang!

A punch came from the side of his head, blasting Yi Wang away.

Su Ni Sheng, with a blank expression, somehow put on sunglasses that were extremely inconsistent with her white dress style. She swung her fists like the wind, waking up Yi Wang, Hypochondriac Delusion, David and others who were lost in the light of the aberrant starfish's mouth.

Together with Tai Hao and others who barely resisted the mental erosion, she woke up the surviving players and simply and rudely put on temporary anti-mental erosion sunglasses or earplugs produced by the Otherworld Society.

Fortunately, the aberrant starfish, which was awakened by Huang Shi, may have been asleep for too long or suffered too much trauma, and had not fully recovered its consciousness, so it did not notice the players below who were as small as dust.

"Go."

Su Ni Sheng said concisely, and her figure disappeared on the spot.

The ground burst continuously, and more and denser pink tentacles pierced out from the ground, and the entire Lost World was on the verge of collapsing.

David gritted his teeth, exchanged a look with Abel, and teleported away.

The armor plate on the back of the sandworm suddenly popped open, ejecting Long Xiang Bao Bian, Tsuchimikado Komaki and others who were imprisoned.

These players had been awakened by the Zerg nest. After exchanging a look with Ju Tianfu, they teleported away and disappeared.

"Hu..."

Ju Tianfu breathed a sigh of relief. The Zerg nest did not violate its promise and released the Earth players.

He looked around, his eyes swept over the aberrant starfish that was slowly waking up in the distance, although there was unwillingness in his eyes, his body still disappeared on the spot.

Players disappeared one after another, as for the Zerg nest units—

The surviving insect soldiers in the rear of the battlefield regrouped, boarded the burrowing sandworm train, and advanced rapidly upward.

Along the way, you can see the safety guards and mecha beast oceans fighting with the awakened tentacles.

And other Zerg nest branches rushing to the upper floors.

Rumble rumble—

The Lost World is about to collapse.

In the amber blood pool of the central Zerg nest, Li Ang also opened his eyes.